Cell Signaling Diseases ProjectDue: Friday, December 5, 2008
Each pair of individuals will choose from the list below. No topics may be chosen twice per each class. Students who wish to work alone may also do so. I suggest that when you begin your research you Google the disease and “cell signaling” or “signal transduction.” Your responsibility is to develop a poster that explains the basics of the disease and its relationship to a faulty signal transduction pathway. Much of this research is "cutting edge." Your poster must explain both the "normal" pathway and the "faulty" pathway. Pictures and graphics are also necessary. I do not expect you to work at the graduate level on this project but I do expect you to be able to explain, in your own words, the basics of the mechanism and the way in which the failure of the mechanism leads to disease.
Grading: Total Points - 80 Format - poster - 15 points
. 18" X 24" minimum
. Typed headings
. Pictures and graphics as needed
. Neat presentation - no spelling or grammatical errors . One side only.
Content - 45 points
. Disease - basics only - cause and core symptoms
. Cell signaling pathway involved
. Correct mechanism
. Graphics of pathway
. Current direction of research
Presentation - 20 points
. Three - Five minute presentation of poster to class. Do NOT go over. You will lose points.
. Be able to put content into "own words" and explain poster
. No direct reading off poster
Each pair of individuals will choose from the list below. No topics may be chosen twice per each class. Students who wish to work alone may also do so. I suggest that when you begin your research you Google the disease and “cell signaling” or “signal transduction.” Your responsibility is to develop a poster that explains the basics of the disease and its relationship to a faulty signal transduction pathway. Much of this research is "cutting edge." Your poster must explain both the "normal" pathway and the "faulty" pathway. Pictures and graphics are also necessary. I do not expect you to work at the graduate level on this project but I do expect you to be able to explain, in your own words, the basics of the mechanism and the way in which the failure of the mechanism leads to disease.
Grading: Total Points - 80
Format - poster - 15 points
. 18" X 24" minimum
. Typed headings
. Pictures and graphics as needed
. Neat presentation - no spelling or grammatical errors
. One side only.
Content - 45 points
. Disease - basics only - cause and core symptoms
. Cell signaling pathway involved
. Correct mechanism
. Graphics of pathway
. Current direction of research
Presentation - 20 points
. Three - Five minute presentation of poster to class. Do NOT go over. You will lose points.
. Be able to put content into "own words" and explain poster
. No direct reading off poster
Diseases
Chronic Myeloid leukemia - CML